Kenney, Toews to meet Air India families

Ottawa and Toronto: Two Harper government ministers are meeting privately with relatives of Air India victims in Toronto Friday, though the Conservatives refuse to divulge whether they'll provide more details of promised compensation during the get-together.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews will gather Friday afternoon with families of the victims of the 1985 airplane bombing that claimed 329 lives. The Conservatives were not saying where in Toronto.
Government officials would also not reveal whether the ministers would update relatives on compensation pledged by Prime Minister Stephen Harper four months ago.
“This meeting was never intended to generate any sort of announcement,” one official said.
“It was always intended to be a private meeting between the ministers and the families.”
Relatives of those killed in the bombing have been seeking justice for more than a quarter century. During a speech to security professionals last week in Ottawa, a lawyer who represented families during the Air India inquiry pointed out that at least three relatives of victims had died since June.
The government said only that the ministers are meeting to take advice from families on how to proceed.
The Tories are also seeking input on how to prevent another such attack.
21/10/10 Steven Chase and Anthony Reinhart/Globe & Mail

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